Opalesque Industry Update - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
(CAIA) Association, sponsor of the CAIA designation, the benchmark for alternative
investment education worldwide, today announced the appointment of Robert De Rito,
Head of Financial Risk Management at APG Asset Management US, to its board of
directors.

"We warmly welcome Bob De Rito, a seasoned and experienced investment professional
and representative from an investment adviser to, among others, one of the largest
pension funds in the world," said Florence Lombard, CEO of the CAIA Association.
"We look forward to his contribution to the board, especially in ensuring that the
CAIA Association continues to provide the type of education investors require to
fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in very challenging markets."

De Rito said: "It is not enough for institutional investors simply to reap the
rewards of alternative investing. As good fiduciaries and as good corporate
citizens, we must do what we can to promote high standards of investment
professionalism, education, and ethics in alternatives. I am honored to serve on
the CAIA board and to have the opportunity to contribute to the achievement of
these aims."

APG Asset Management US is an adviser to Dutch pension funds and does not provide
advisory services to persons in the United States. De Rito has risk-management
responsibility for the Americas investments, including hedge funds and other
alternative investments. De Rito has some twenty years of experience in the
investment field, including quantitative research, quantitative portfolio
management, trading, clearing, consulting, and risk management. He is a member of
both the AIMA Council (board of directors), at which he represents the Americas,
and of AIMA's Investor Steering Committee. Prior to his investment career in New
York, De Rito was Geophysicist at the United States Geological Survey in Menlo
Park, California. He has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University at Buffalo. Corporate website:Source
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